{"product_id":"land-so-fair-firth-haring-fabend-9780595473168","title":"Land So Fair","description":"\u003ci\u003eLand So Fair\u003c\/i\u003e opens in 1737 on a Hudson Valley farm, where the family's land, \"sought, bought, cleared, planted, harvested, bequeathed, fought over, challenged, confiscated, and laced with bones and blood,\" is threatened anew each generation. Three strong-minded Dutch-American women, related to each other by marriage, deal with the privations of life in a wilderness community, the deaths of beloved family members, threats to their land by outside usurpers, and a dawning realization that slavery, once considered \"necessary,\" is leading inexorably to tragedy. Troubles within the Dutch church, combined with violent uprisings by slaves, make life a test of endurance, physically, emotionally, and morally. \u003cp\u003eAs the struggle for independence from England versus loyalty to the Crown heats up, war erupts, and daily life takes on an ever-more desperate character. A fierce local \"civil war\" intensifies the looting, plundering, massacre, battles, and treason of the Revolution. In the end, the futility of war is clear when the English commander in chief acknowledges to George Washington in 1783 that the conflict should have ended with the American victory at Trenton seven years before, in 1776.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Fabend's evocative prose recreates a vivid New World. A poignant and gripping story, richly researched.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Firth Haring Fabend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595473164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595473168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.01w x 0.86d","brand":"Firth Haring Fabend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44212978876671,"sku":"9780595473168","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36122b7d-ed81-4fe9-a994-3175f8d3a09a.jpg?v=1692111364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/land-so-fair-firth-haring-fabend-9780595473168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}